Editing Flatwoods, Kentucky

{{Distinguish|Flatwood, Kentucky}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| image_skyline      = Krager-park.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = B.F. Crager Park in Flatwoods
| official_name      = Flatwoods, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
| nickname           = Good Neighbor Community
| website            = {{URL|www.flatwoodsky.org}}
| image_map          = File:Greenup County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Flatwoods Highlighted 2127802.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Flatwoods in Greenup County, Kentucky.
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Greenup County, Kentucky|Greenup]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Buford Hurley II
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| established_date   = 
| area_total_km2     = 8.45
| area_land_km2      = 8.44
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.26
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.26
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| elevation_m        = 208
| elevation_ft       = 682
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|31|23|N|82|43|10|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 7325
| population_density_km2 = 867.52
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41139
| area_code          = [[Area code 606|606]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-27802
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0492225
| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 7243
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| population_density_sq_mi = 2246.93
| population_footnotes = 
}}
'''Flatwoods''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class city]] in [[Greenup County, Kentucky]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> The population was 7,325 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], making it the largest city in Greenup County. Flatwoods is a part of the [[Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area]]. Locally, Flatwoods is considered to be a [[bedroom community]], as it has no large employer within the city. Many residents work for [[CSX Transportation]], [[Marathon Petroleum]], or King's Daughters Medical Center.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

==History==
The area now known as Flatwoods was originally named "Advance":<ref name=SOS>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Flatwoods, Kentucky". Accessed 25 July 2013.</ref> Advance Methodist Church formed a Sunday school beginning in 1860. The name was later changed to "Cheap", after John Cheap, a blind clergyman.<ref>{{cite book| last=Rennick| first=Robert M.| title=Kentucky Place Names| date=28 August 2013| publisher=University Press of Kentucky| isbn=0-8131-4401-9|page=199}}</ref> The original farming community returned to the name of "Advance" when a post office was established in 1918. In 1938, the post office was renamed "Flatwoods", and the town was incorporated the same year under that name. Flatwoods is named for the area's unique topography, a belt of flat wooded land in the ancient [[Teays River]] valley on an elevation of approximately {{convert|650|ft}} or higher, just south of and {{convert|150|ft}} higher than the [[Ohio River]] valley. The availability of flat level land and low tax rates made Flatwoods a local hot spot of [[Suburbanization|new construction]] in the 1950s and 1960s, when many upper-middle-class tract housing developments were built and quickly inhabited. A main contributor to Flatwoods' growth was the fact that nearby Ashland had developed much of its available land prior to 1960, with little new construction possible within its corporation limits.<ref>[http://www.flatwoodsky.org/ About Flatwoods] Retrieved on 2010-05-29</ref>

==Geography==
Flatwoods is located in eastern Greenup County, between [[Raceland, Kentucky|Raceland]] to the northwest and [[Russell, Kentucky|Russell]] to the southeast. [[U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky|U.S. Route 23]] (Seaton Avenue) forms the northeast border of Flatwoods; the highway leads southeast {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Ashland and northwest {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Greenup, Kentucky|Greenup]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Flatwoods has a total area of {{convert|8.4|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The topography of Flatwoods is uncharacteristic to eastern Kentucky in that it consists of flat to rolling land on a single elevated hill. In [[Eastern Kentucky Coalfield|eastern Kentucky]], the dissected plateau landscape often referred to as "hill and valley" is standard terrain for the surrounding region. The flat terrain found in Flatwoods was created when it was the river bed of the ancient Teays River, which traveled through the area in prehistoric times, much larger than the Ohio River that now passes through the region.

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
|location = Flatwoods, Kentucky
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 81
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 92
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 79
|year record high F = 107
|Jan high F = 42
|Feb high F = 48
|Mar high F = 57
|Apr high F = 68
|May high F = 77
|Jun high F = 85
|Jul high F = 88
|Aug high F = 86
|Sep high F = 80
|Oct high F = 69
|Nov high F = 57
|Dec high F = 46
|year high F = 66.6
|Jan low F = 21
|Feb low F = 24
|Mar low F = 34
|Apr low F = 42
|May low F = 51
|Jun low F = 60
|Jul low F = 64
|Aug low F = 63
|Sep low F = 56
|Oct low F = 44
|Nov low F = 35
|Dec low F = 27
|year low F = 43.4
|Jan record low F = −15
|Feb record low F = −6
|Mar record low F = −6
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 26
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 28
|Oct record low F = 17
|Nov record low F = 1
|Dec record low F = −24
|year record low F = −24
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.70
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.90
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.70
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.70
|May precipitation inch = 4.20
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.80
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.80
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.20
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.90
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.80
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.20
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.40
|year precipitation inch = 42.3
|source 1 = [[The Weather Channel (United States)|The Weather Channel]].<ref name=climate>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/USKY0904|title=MONTHLY AVERAGES for Flatwoods, KY|publisher=[[The Weather Channel (United States)|The Weather Channel]]|access-date=2010-10-22}}</ref>
|date=March 2011}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1960 = 3741
| 1970 = 7380
| 1980 = 8354
| 1990 = 7799
| 2000 = 7605
| 2010 = 7423
| 2020 = 7325
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 7243
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2127802| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Flatwoods city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=December 14, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,605 people, 3,114 households, and 2,282 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,691.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,338 housing units at an average density of {{convert|742.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.58% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 3,114 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the city the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,115, and the median income for a family was $39,023. Males had a median income of $36,184 versus $20,904 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,633. About 9.7% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The majority of the city sits within the [http://www.russellind.kyschools.us/ Russell Independent School District], which also includes the cities of [[Russell, Kentucky|Russell]] and [[Bellefonte, Kentucky|Bellefonte]]. The main campus for the district, which includes [[Russell High School (Kentucky)|Russell High School]], Russell Middle School, Russell Primary School and the Russell Area Technology Center, sits on Red Devil Lane on the Russell/Flatwoods city line; the schools' mailing addresses are Russell but they primarily receive police and fire protection from Flatwoods. The city boundary passes through the high school building, as well as the school's athletic facilities. The middle and primary schools are entirely within Flatwoods, and all but a small part of the technology center is also in Flatwoods. In addition, one school, Russell-McDowell Intermediate School, sits on Long Street, firmly within the Flatwoods city limits. The district's central office is on Powell Lane in Flatwoods, near Russell-McDowell Intermediate School.

Some students in a small section of the city near The French Oaks golf course attend the Raceland–Worthington Independent Schools.

There are six institutions of higher education located within an hour's drive of Flatwoods: [[Ashland Community and Technical College]] in Ashland, [[Kentucky Christian University]] in [[Grayson, Kentucky|Grayson]], [[Ohio University Southern Campus]] in [[Ironton, Ohio]], [[Shawnee State University]] in [[Portsmouth, Ohio]] as well as [[Marshall University]] and [[Mountwest Community and Technical College]], both of which are located in [[Huntington, West Virginia]].

The Greenup County [[Public Library]] has a branch library in Flatwoods.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

==Public safety==
Flatwoods is protected by its own police and fire departments. In addition, surrounding fire and police departments are in a mutual aid agreement with the city of Flatwoods. Emergency medical service is provided by the Greenup County Ambulance Authority under an interlocal agreement with the East Greenup County Ambulance Tax District, of which Flatwoods is a member.

*Flatwoods Fire Department (Station 100) is located at 804 Powell Lane. It is home to 2 engines and 1 Ladder Truck.
*Flatwoods Police Department is located in the city's municipal building at 2513 Reed Street.
*The Greenup County Ambulance Authority operates a station at 1104 Powell Lane in Flatwoods.

==Television and radio==
===Radio===
*100.5 WKEE
*93.7 The Dawg
*92.7 The Planet
*101.5 Big Buck Country
*103.3 WTCR
*Kool Hits 105.7

===Television===
*[[WSAZ-TV]]
*[[WOWK-TV]]

==Notable person==
* [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], country singer, actor and father of singer [[Miley Cyrus]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Alexander|first=Lauren|title=More Mad For Miley: An Unauthorized Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmcN4AMWqwsC&pg=PT8|date=19 March 2009|publisher=Penguin Young Readers Group|isbn=978-0-8431-8928-5|page=8}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.flatwoodsky.org/ City of Flatwoods official website]
* [http://www.ashlandalliance.com/ Ashland Alliance], area chamber of commerce
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080326001518/http://www.tourgreenupcounty.com/ Greenup County Tourism Commission]}}

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